You look at 30 Seconds to Mars, and you don't think, 'Ooh, I bet they're angry.' No one really does anger these days. I suppose it's a turn-off.

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about it.

The scary thing is when I did my set in Texas everyone was excited. The show was great. I was done and the next DJ put something on vinyl and the difference! The quality!!

There's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate.

The chemistry involved made everything Factory did quite special.

Sarcasm is a Manchester trait.

Nobody is the same. If we were all the same it would be bloody boring.

We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group.

I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it.

When digital recording came in about '84, everything started to follow into digital. Now, you've got the best recording media in the world, but it's not very pleasing to the ear.

The older you get, the easier it is for you to distinguish between your friends and people you are not seeing for the first time.

As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.

One of the greatest joys in life is watching a child laugh

Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.

I feel that the surrealists have created a series of valid external landscapes which have their direct correspondences within our own minds.

The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.

If you can't stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they're hanging around.

It took a while for her to figure out she could run but when she did she was long gone, Long gone.

Genius is not so much a light as it is a constant awareness of the surrounding gloom.